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On Renaming Characters: My Own Naughty Experience

Posted by Nadia Oxford

Mackey's post about re-naming RPG characters took me back to a special place. I admit I'm lazy about re-naming my characters these days, but there was a time when my habits made my parents fear for the monikers of their grandchildren.

Actually, thinking about it, my mother mostly egged me on.

I think there's some kind of karma going on for people who gave game characters swear-names. Recently I needed a video of Cloud in the Mako reactor at the start of Final Fantasy VII for a whimsical, memory-heavy blog post elsewhere. The only appropriate video had Cloud branded as "El Boner."



Secret of Mana was my first Super Nintendo RPG. I named the girl "Bitch" because I'm creative and hilarious. After that, the the fate of each female character in subsequent RPGs was sealed. Nothing against the characters themselves. It was just tradition.

It's wasn't all about bongs and female dogs, though. I've always been one for naming schemes. Each cast member in Final Fantasy VI was named after someone in the first season of Power Rangers--except for Terra. You can probably guess what I named her.

When I played the Playstation and Game Boy Advance remakes of Final Fantasy IV, the world was saved from darkness by the cast of South Park and Glitch Bob from Reboot (as played by Cecil). I like to think that Mr Hat had powers on the level of Tellah the Sage. Curse you Square-Enix for taking away the ability to rename characters in Final Fantasy IV DS. You're lucky Namingway is so cute or else there'd be a brick through your window right now.

I think it's sad our children will grow up renting games on DVD-based mediums instead of cartridges with save batteries. I liked seeing what other people named their characters; it was like peeking into a stranger's brain or bathroom. I like to imagine that these adventures come to life on some other plain of existence, somewhere where a rescued king must thank ASS, PUSSY and TITS for saving his realm from evil.

Related Links:

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Roto13 said:

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October 28, 2008 7:38 PM

Amber Ahlborn said:

And this is why I will never make a game where players can rename anything, not even the dog.

October 29, 2008 9:18 AM

Demaar said:

I just remembered that I first played Secret of Mana on a friend's SNES cart. One of the save files had the boy's name as "BOGBOT".

Incase you yanks aren't aware (you should be), bog is slang for crap here.

October 31, 2008 7:35 AM

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Derrick Sanskrit is a self-professed geek in a variety of fields including typography, graphic design, comic books, music and cartoons. As a professional hipster graphic designer, his recent clients have included Hooksexup, Pitchfork and MoCCA, among others.

Amber Ahlborn - artist, writer, gamer and DigiPen survivor, she maintains a day job as a graphic artist. By night Amber moonlights as a professional Metroid Fanatic and keeps a metal suit in the closet just in case. Has lived in the state of Washington and insists that it really doesn't rain as much as everyone says it does.

Nadia Oxford is a housekeeping robot who was refurbished into a warrior when the world's need for justice was great. Now that the galaxy is at peace (give or take a conflict here or there), she works as a freelance writer for various sites and magazines. Based in Toronto, Nadia prizes the certificate from the Ministry of Health declaring her tick and rabies-free.

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